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Course Information•Prof: Thomas Whitmore•TAs:
Hélène Ducros Rebekah Deeds
•Text: Diversity Amid Globalization (& attached atlas)
•Course Blackboard homepage: https://blackboard.unc.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_252107_1
Blackboard course site
•Note the announcements – I use the announcements for important info
•Note the links to the PowerPoint lectures (lectures button)Do not think that these are a good substitute to good note taking
Course Advice•Importance of keeping up with text
readings ‑ read ahead: Chapters 1 & 2 now
•See syllabus for reading assignments and schedule
•See syllabus for “how to succeed”
•Importance of attendance: exams drawn equally (or more) from lectures and text
Evaluation•(2) mid‑term exams, each worth
about 100 points. You will need a pencil and scantron sheet for all exams
•(2) 5+ page papers - each worth 100 points each. (details on ‘assignments’ on Blackboard)
•(2) short written assignments - each worth about 50 points
•A final exam worth about 100+ points
WWW site for the text:
•http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rowntree_dag_3Look over chapters on this siteOn-line study guide with sample questions
Virtual field trips with many links to web sites of interest
Country dataEtc.
Maxims to understand the world
• Everything takes place somewhere Things closer together are more
similar than those more distant Places/locations provide both
benefits and burdens
• Everything & everybody is connected to everything and everybody else
• Resources are necessary
Maxims to understand the world• Change happens
Different types of things change at different rates
Change is contested & messy
• Conviction is necessary but overvalued
• Categories are artificial and mutable
• Things look different from afar or close up
• None of the above function alone
Globalization Amid Diversity•Is this an oxymoron?
•Globalization Increasing interconnectedness (changes in one part affect others)
•Diversity Despite the interconnections the world is NOT the same everywhere!
Globalization•Economic interconnections
•Communications
•Cultural borrowing
•Human movements (international migration)
•Formal multi-state connections (e.g., NAFTA or European Union)
•Global-scale interconnectedness of the environment (e.g., El Niño and/or global climate change)
Economic Globalization
Kenworth Semi-tractors entering US (Texas) from their construction plant in Mexico
Economic Globalization
Japanese electronics (Sanyo) assembly plant in Mexico
Economic Globalization IIIEconomic Globalization IIIWhere was this picture taken?
Globalization of Communication Interconnectedness
Satellite TV in Sri Lanka
Cultural Globalization: Cultural borrowing
US convenience store in Mexico
Cultural GlobalizationCultural GlobalizationMcDonald’s in Thailand…
Cultural Globalization IICultural Globalization II…Vietnamese Market in the U.S.
Indian Restaurant in England
Cultural Globalization
Cultural borrowing
Environmental Globalization
hazards & change
Flooding monsoon in India (also note the Shakey’s Pizza)
Diversity•Despite the interconnections the
world is NOT the same everywhere!
•Physical environments vary
•Human uses of local environment vary
•Human/cultural landscapes vary
Natural Environmental Diversity Western Australia
Natural Environmental Natural Environmental Diversity Diversity
Nevado Calluncaya, PeruNevado Calluncaya, Peru
Diverse Human uses of the Diverse Human uses of the environmentenvironment
Terraces near Tarma, PeruTerraces near Tarma, Peru
Diverse human uses of the environment, Iowa, USA
Diverse Diverse humanhumanCultural Cultural
Landscapes: Landscapes: House House
compoundcompoundin Ghanain Ghana
Diverse humanCultural Landscapes:
Spanish colonial heritage in a town layout in Venezuela
Diversity (continued)
•Human cultures vary (e.g., language, religion)
•Political systems vary
•Levels of development and wealth vary
“Typical” NC household and week’s food. © P. Menhzel & F. D’Aluisio. 2005, Hungary Planet, Ten Speed Press
Diverse Cultures and wealth
“Typical” Chad household and week’s food. © P. Menhzel & F. D’Aluisio. 2005, Hungary Planet, Ten Speed Press
Diverse Cultures and
wealth
Economic Diversity IEconomic Diversity IFloor tile making in Saltillo, Mexico
Economic Diversity IIEconomic Diversity IISteel making in Germany
© Thyssen Hutte Superstock
The core of Geography: the interconnectedness–diversity
duality•What are the characteristics of places -- how are they similar and different? Location and situation Spatial organization and patterns
Human uses Cultural landscape Environment
How are places interconnected? How do they
influence each other?•Movement of people
•Transport of goods
•Communication of ideas
•Physical environmental processes
Geographer’s Tools
•Maps: key way to show/analyzeSpatial organization and patternsGeneral “road” mapsThematic maps
Formal RegionsFlows
Organization of characteristics into regions to simplify and enable easy recall and comparison
Economic Globalization: World Economic Globalization: World TradeTrade
Economic Globalization: Illicit Economic Globalization: Illicit TradeTrade
Figure 1.7
Annual per capita income
Lectures in this course - themes similar to text’s
themes•Important elements of the
natural environment
•Key natural resources and their extractive economics
•Economic development generally and its local diversity
Lectures in this course - themes similar to text’s
themes II•Population and Settlement issues
•Historical development and cultural coherence and diversity
•Social issues generally and their local diversity
•Other key issues (e.g., the role of globalization and colonialism)
Development = bettering of society or of a people (many
definitions)•Sustainable development
•Measures of development Economic measures Non‑economic measures - $$ isn’t the best measure necessarily
Development Diversity: Development Diversity: IncomeIncome
Developed (rich, north) world
Undeveloped (poor, south) world
World Institute for Development Economics Research United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) 2006
Development Diversity: Wealth
World Institute for Development Economics Research United Nations University 2006
Diversity: Internal Diversity: Internal InequalityInequality
Rich Global “North” vs Rich Global “North” vs Poor Global “South”Poor Global “South”
N
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GNI (GNP) per Capita
Social DevelopmentSocial Development
Development: Colonialism